How many dance types are ther?

Answer 1

there is a lot of types of dancing. jazz, ballet, tap, show group, acro, hip hop, ballroom, belly, group, contra, Irish, line, and

A

• Acro dance
• Allemande
• Arkan (Ukrainian, Hutsul)
• Ardha (Arab tribal war dance)
• Argentine Tango
• Anaconda ([Snake Dance])
• Arial
• Attan (Pashtun)
• Acharuli ([Georgian folk dance])
• Azonto (Ghanaian dance)

• Baba Karam (Persian, Folk)
• Bachata (Latin Club, Folk)
• Bagurumba (Folk dance of Assam, North-east India)
• Balboa (Swing)
• Ballet, category, also known as classical dance
• Ballos (Burçak tarlası oyunu)(Greece), (Turkey)
• Ballroom dance, category
• Ballu tundu (Sardinia)
• Bandari dance
• Bardo Chham (Folk dance of Arunachal, North-east India)
• Barn dance, category
• Baroque dance, category
• Barynya (Russian, folk)
• Basse danse (also Basse-dance, Bassadanse, Bassadanze. French and Italian Renaissance dances)
• Basque dance
• BBoying (Breakdance)
• Belly dance
• Beguine, dance of Caribbean origin
• Bereznianka (Ukrainian, Carpathian Ruthenia)
• Bergamask (Be dance, from Bergamo, Italy
• Bhangra (Folk Dance of Northern India)
• Bharatanatyam (Indian classical dance)
• Big Apple (Line dance)
• Bihu dance (Folk dance of Assam, India)
• Black Bottom (see Lindy Hop)
• Blues (Club dance, Swing)
• Bolero (American Ballroom, Cuban, European)
• Bollywood (Danced in Indian Movies)
• Bomba (African, Caribbean)
• Bon Odori (Japanese)
• Boogaloo
• Boogie-woogie (Swing)
• Bop, see Bop music, also ABA at List of dance organizations
• Bossa nova (Brazilian, see Bossa nova music)
• Borrowdale (Zimbabweean, see Museve music)
• Boston
• Bourrée (historical)
• Branle (Bransle) (historical)
• Breakaway (see Lindy Hop)
• Breakdancing
• Bump and grind
• Bugg
• Bunny Hop
• Butoh (Japanese)
• Butterfly (Urban, USA/Caribbean)
• Buyo (Japanese)

C

• Cat Daddy
• Cajun dance, (Louisiana, USA Regional, Cajun)
  • Cajun Jig or Cajun One Step
  • Cajun Jitterbug and Two Step
  • Cajun Waltz
  • Zydecko
• Cakewalk (Swing)
• Calypso (Caribbean)
• Candombe (Uruguayan)
• Canaries dance (historical, Renaissance, court)
• Can-can (Cancan, can can)
• Capoeira (dance and martial art, Brazilian)
• Cariñosa (dance of love) Philippines
• Carioca
• Carol (Medieval)
• Castle Walk
• Căluş (Romanian ritual dance)
• Céilidh (Ireland, Scotland and Northern England)
• Ceroc (Modern Jive, Club)
• Chacarera (Argentina)
• Chaconne
• Cha cha cha or Cha cha (Cuba, Latin Ballroom Social)
• Chamame (Chamamé, Argentina)
• Charleston
• Charmander (dance)
• Chumak (Ukrainian)
• Chasapiko (Greece)
• Cheerleading
• Chicken Dance
• Chicken Noodle Soup
• Chodzony (Poland)
• Chula (Southern Brasil)
• Cinquepace, Cinque-pace
• Circassian Dance
• Circle dance
• Clogging
• Clowning
• Cocek
• Collegiate shag
• Compas (Haiti)
• Conga
• Contact improvisation
• Contemporary dance
• Contra dance
• Cordax Greek / Roman erotic dance
• Cossack dance
• Cotillion
• Country/western dance
• Country dancing
• Country/Western Two-step
• Country Swing or Western Swing
• Courante (historical)
• Court dance
• Cueca (Chile)
• Cumbia (Colombia, Club)
• Cupid Shuffle
• Csárdás (Folk, Hungarian; also variants in Slovak dances, Rusyn dances, (Ukrainian dances, Lemko dances))
• Chowpurulia W.B. INDIA

D

• Dances of Universal Peace
• Dandia (Folk dance of Gujarat, India)
• Dabke (Levantine)
• Dilan (a Kurdish dance, Iran, Turkey, Iraq)
• Disco
• Dappan koothu
• Doublebugg
• Dougie
• Dragon dance
• Drobushki (Russia)
• Dubotanets (Ukrainian)
• Duranguense
• Dutty Wine - a West Indian, Dancehall-inspired dance
• dougie-american dance

E

• East Coast Swing
• Eisa
• Electro dance
• Electric Slide
• English Country Dance
• Ethnic dance

F

• Fat dance
• Fandango
• Farandole (Provençal)
• Faroese dance
• Farruca
• Flamenco (Spanish/gypsy)
• Folk dance
• Formation dance
• Forró (dance from northeast of Brazil)
• Foxtrot (Ballroom Social)
• The Freddy
• Frug
• Freak dancing
• Funk Brazil

G

• Gaida (Greece)
• Galliard
• Galop
• Garba (folk dance of state of Gujarat, India)
• Gankino (Bulgaria)
• Gavotte (Brittany), Gavot (historical)
• Gigue
• Ghoomar (Folk Dance of Rajasthan, Northern India)
• Grizzly Bear
• Guapacha (dance)
• Gumboot dance (Africa)
• Giddha (Folk dance of Northern India)
• g-slide by Lil Mama

H

• Habanera
• Haka (Māori)
• Hakken (Dutch)
• Halay (Turkish, Folk)
• Hambo (Scandinavian, Folk)
• Hand Dance (Swing, Washington DC and Baltimore MD metropolitan areas, regional)
• Hardcore Dancing (Urban American Hardcore)
• Hasapiko (Greece)* Headbanging
• Highland dancing
• Hip hop dance
• Historical dance
• Hitch hike
• Hokey Pokey, also known as Hokey-cokey, Okey-cokey
• Hootchy-Kootchy : Bellydance
• Holubka (Ukrainian, Hutsul, Bukovina, Carpathian Ruthenia)
• Hopak (Ukrainian)
• Hopak-Kolom (Ukrainian)
• House dance
• Hora (many named versions; folk, Bulgarian, Israeli, Romanian, Ukrainian)
• Horan (Crimean Tatars)
• Horon (Turkish, Folk)
• Hornpipe (Ireland)
• Hula
• Hully Gully
• Hustle and its variant, New York Hustle (Club)
  • Latin Hustle
• Humppa (see Music of Finland)
• Hutsulka (Ukrainian, Hutsuls)

I

• Ice dancing
• Ikariotikos (Greece)
• Improv Tribal Style Belly Dance
• Intercessory dance
• International folk dance
• Interpretive dance
• Irish
  • Irish Dance
  • Irish Sean-Nós Dance
  • Irish Stepdance
• Israeli folk dancing

J

• Japanese traditional dance (Japanese)
• Jarabe tapatío
• Java (French dance developed in France in the early part of the 20th century)
• Jazz dance
• Jazz Funk
• Jenkka (see Music of Finland)
• Jerkin'
• Jig Ireland
• Jig (Scottish country)
• Jitterbug (Swing)
  • Cajun Jitterbug
• Jitterbug Stroll (Line dance, Swing)
• Jive (Ballroom, International Latin)
• Joged (Indonesian)
• John Wall dance
• Jota (Spanish dance)
• Jove Malaj Mome (Bulgarian folk dance)
• Jumpstyle (Techno based dance)
• Jabbawokeez

K

• Kalinka (Russia)
• Kalymnikos (Greece)
• Kamarinskaya (Russia)
• Karsilama (Antikrystos, Marinella) (Greece, Gypsy)
• Karşılama (Serbia, Iran, Turkey)
• Kandian ([sri Lanka])
• Kathak (Classical Indian Dance)
• Kathakali (India, incorporates dance)
• Kazachok (Russia)
• Kerala Natanam (Indian Dance created by Guru Gopinath)
• Khasapiko (Greece)
• Khattak Dance (Pashtun)
• Kizomba (Angola)
• [{Kizomba De Roda - New way to Dance Kizomba}] ({[Angola}])
• Kolo (Slavic)
• Khon (Thai dance)
• Khorovod (Russia)
• Kleistos (Greece)
• Koftos (Greece)
• Kolbasti (Turkey)
• Kolomyjka (Ukrainian)
• Kopanitsa (Bulgaria)
• Kotsari(Armenian: Քոչարի; Turkish: Koçari; Greek: Κότσαρι; Georgian: ქოჩარი; Laz: Koçari; Azerbaijani: Köçəri)
• Kozachok (Ukrainian)
• Krakowiak (Poland)
• Krishnanattam (India)
• Krumping)
• Kuchipudi (Classical Indian Dance)
• Kuki Lenkhawm Laam (Classical dance form of the Kuki people practised during the times of the Sukte Dynasty)
• Kurdish dance (Iran and Iraq)
• Kujawiak (Poland)
• Kushtdepdi (Turkmen)

L

• La Jota
• LambadaKochari(Armenian folk dance)
• Lambeth Walk
• Lancer (Quadrille)
• Landler (Quadrille)
• Lap dance
• Latin dance
• Lavani
• Lavolta
• Ländler (Austria)
• Lerikos (Greece)
• LeRoc (Modern Jive, Ceroc)
• Letkajenkka (also known as Letkis, Letkajenka, Letkiss, Letka-Enka, Let's Kiss Jenka, La Yenka)
• Leventikos (Greece)
• Limbo (dancers pass under horizontal pole)
• Lindy Hop (Swing)
• Line dance
• Lion dance
• Liscio (Italian traditional music and dance inspired to Waltz,Polka and Mazurka)
• Locking
• Long Sword
• Loure (historical)
• Lyrical hip hop dance
• Lyrical jazz dance
• Lyrical contempery

M

• Macarena
• Madison (Line dance)
• Maglalatik (Folk Dance of Philippines)
• Malaguena
• Mambo (American Ballroom, of Cuban origin)
• Mandra (Mandilatos) (Balkan)
• Maneo (Galicia)
• Manila Swing
• Manipuri (Classical Indian Dance form)
• Mapale
• Marinera
• Marinella (Greece)
• Mashed Potato
• Matachin (Matachines)
• Maypole dance
• Maxixe (Social)
• Mazur (dance) (Poland)
• Mazurka(Poland)
• Medieval dance
• Melbourne Shuffle (Australia)
• Merengue (Latin Club)
• Metelytsia ((Ukrainian), khorovod)
• Milonga (see Argentine Tango)
• Minuet
• Modern dance
• Modern contemporary
• Modern Jive
• Molly dance
• Mohiniattam
• Monkey
• Moonwalker
• Morris dance
• Moshing
• Muiñeira (Galicia)
  • Carballesa
  • Chouteira
  • Contrapaso
  • Golpe
  • Muiñeira ribeirana
  • Muiñeira vella
  • Pandeirada
  • Piruxada
  • Redonda
  • Regueifa
• Walk it out

• Novelty and fad dances
• The Nutbush
• Nama Stap (Namibia)

O

• Oberek (also called Obertas or Ober, Poland)
• Odissi AKA orissi (Orissa, India)
• Onei
• Over/Under

• Pachanga
• Palo de Mayo (Nicaragua), Afro-Caribbean influence, not to be confused with Maypole dance
• Pagode
• Pangalatok (Philippines)
• Panthi (Folk dance of Chhatisgarh, India)
• Pantsula (South Africa)
• Parasol dance (Japan)
• Partner dance
• Participation dance
• Para Para
• Passacaglia (Passacaille) (historical)
• Passepied (historical)
• Pasillo
• Paso Doble (Ballroom, International Latin)
• Pavane (historical)
• Peabody (ballroom)
• Peewee style (originated by Pee-wee Herman in Pee-wee's Big Adventure)
• Pentozalis (Greece)
• Persian dance (Iran).
• Pidikhtos (Greece)
  • Kastrinos Pidikhtos (Greece)
  • Malevyziotiko Pidikhtos (Greece)
• Pendozalis (Greece)
• Pole dancing
• Pop, Lock, and Drop It (Hip hop)
• Pogo (A punk dance, consisting of jumping up and down)
• Pogonisios (Greece)
• Polka - many named versions (Ballroom, Folk, Historical)
• Polka-mazurka
• Polonaise
• Pony
• Pols (Norway, Folk, see Polska)
• Pom Squad
• Polska (pl.: Polskor; Sweden, Folk)
• Prophetic dance
• Pryvit (Ukrainian)
• Pyrrhichios (Dance from Pontos; Greek Black Sea)
• Push (Swing, Texas)

Q

• Qasemabadi (a northern Persian style)
• Quadrille
• Quickstep (Ballroom)
• Quebradita (Mexico)
• FINE (United States of America)

R

• Raas
• Rain dancing
• Ramvong (Cambodia)
• Rapper sword
• Raut Nacha (Folk dance of Chhatisgarh, India)
• Raqs Sharqi ("belly dance")
• Rebetiko dances (Greece)
• Redowa
• Reel (Irish and Scottish)
• Regency dance
• Reggae
• Reggaeton
• Renaissance dance
• Rigaudon, Rigadoon
• River Dancing
• Robot dance
• Rock and Roll
  • Acrobatic Rock'n'Roll
• Round dance (two kinds: circular chain, couples)
• Rumba (Ballroom: International Latin & American Rhythm, Folk)
  • Cuban Rumba (Ballroom dance as of the beginning of the century, e.g., "The Peanut Vendor" piece)

• Salsa (Latin Club)
• Salsa Rueda (Latin Club, Round)
• Saltatio (Roman)
• Sambalpuri (India)
• Samba
  • Samba dance
  • Samba de Gafieira
  • Samba (ballroom)
• Sarabande (Saraband)
• Sardana (Catalonia)
• Sattriya dance
• Saunter
• Schottische
• Scottish country dance
• Scottish highland dance
• Schoolcraft
• Sean-Nós Dance (Ireland - Irish Dance in Sean Nós "Old Style")
• Seguidilla (Spanish, folk)
• Sequence dance
• Serra (Greece)
• Set Dance Ireland
• Sevillana (Spain)
• Shag (Swing)
  • Carolina Shag
  • Collegiate Shag
  • St. Louis Shag
• Shake
• Shim Sham (Line dance)
• Shimmy
• Shuffle
• Siganos (Greece)
• Single Swing (Single Time Swing)
• Sirtaki (Syrtaki, Zorba) (Greece)
• Skank (dance)
• Skip jive
• Slängpolska (Sweden, Folk, see Polska)
• Slip jig (Ireland)
• Slosh (Scotland)
• Slow dance
• Slow Foxtrot - also known as Foxtrot and Slowfox (Ballroom)
• Social dance
• Son (Mayan, Guatemala/Mexico)
• Sousta (Greece)
  • Bulgarian Sousta (Greece)
  • Cretan Sousta (Greece)
  • Dodecanese Sousta (Greece)
  • Macedonian Sousta (Greece)
  • Megarian Sousta (Greece)
• The Spongebob
• Square dance
  • Traditional square dance
  • Modern Western square dance
• Stage diving
• (Do The) Standing Still (The Table, 1977)
• Stanky Legg (GS Boys)
• Step dance Ireland
• Street dance
• Swim
• Swing (both as family of dances and as specific Texas dance)
• Swing Jive (Modern Jive, Club)
• Swing Roc (Modern Jive, Club)
• Suzie Q
• Syrtos (Greece)
  • Cretan Syrtos (Greece)
  • Kalamatianos Syrtos (Mainland Syrtos) (Greece)
  • Kapoutzidon Syrtos (Greece)
  • Nisiotiko Syrtos (Island Syrtos) (Greece)
  • Silyvriano Syrtos (Greece)

T

• Tambourin (Provençal)
• Tango (Ballroom, Social, Club)
  • Argentine Tango - also known as Tango Argentino (Social)
  • Uruguayan Tango - also known as Tango Uruguayo (Social)
  • Ballroom Tango - competitive and social dance styles
  • Brazilian Tango - see Maxixe
  • Finnish tango
  • Chinese tango
• Tanoura (Egyptian dance)
• Tap Charleston (see Lindy Hop)
• Tap dance
• Tarantella (Italian, folk)
• Tau'olunga (Tongan or Samoan - Polynesian origins)
• Tecktonik ("tck")
• Texas Tommy (see Lindy Hop)
• Thizz Dance
• Tik (Greece)
• Tinikling (Philippines)
• Time Warp
• Tourdion (historical)
• Traditional dance
• Tranky Doo (Swing, Line dance)
• Trata (Greece)
• Trepak (Russian, folk)
• Tribal Style Belly Dance
• Troika (Folk, Russian, Cajun)
• Tropotianka (Ukrainian, Rusyn, Carpathian Ruthenia, Bukovina, Hutsuls)
• Troubadou (Haiti)
• Tsakonikos (Greece)
• Tsamiko (Greece)
• Tsifteteli (Tsifte-Teli) (Çifte-telli) (Turkish) (Greece)(Gypsy)(Arabic)
• Tsirigotikos (Kythiraikos, Bourdaris) (Greece)
• Tsyganochka, ("Gypsie Girl") Russian
• Turf Dancing
• Tumba
• Twist
• Two-step
  • Cajun Two Step
  • Country/Western Two-step
  • Nightclub two-step - also known as California Two-step, abbrn: NC2S
• Theatre jazz
  • Progressive Double Two

U

• Universal Peace, Dances of
• Ukrainian dance
• Upa or Upa Habanera, claimed by some to be the origin of merengue music and dance.
• Uvyvanets (Ukrainian, Carpathian Ruthenia, Rusyns, Lemkos, Hutsuls)
• Pole Dancing

V

• Valeta (a dance to waltz music)
• Vals (Argentina, tango style)
  • Valse à deux temps (Valse à deux pas)
• Verbunkos
• Vesnianka (Ukrainian, a type of khorovod)
• Vintage dance
• Vogue (dance)
• Volte (also Volta, La volta, or Lavolta, Renaissance)

W

• Waltz (ballroom, social)
  • Boston (dance)
    • Walking Boston
  • Cajun Waltz
  • Dream Waltz
  • Elizabeth Waltz
  • Cross-step waltz
  • Five-step Waltz (Five Step Waltz)
  • Hesitation Waltz
  • Slow waltz - known as Waltz in ballroom context (ballroom)
  • Viennese Waltz (ballroom, social)
  • Valse à deux temps (Valse à deux pas)
• Watusi (fad dance)
• West Coast Swing ("WCS"; Swing, United States)
• Western swing (United States)
  • Classic WCS
  • Funky chick
  • Sophisticated Swing (an older name of WCS)
• Western promenade dance
• Whip (Swing, Texas)
• Winterguard
• Wolosso (Ivory Coast)
• Worship dance

X

• Xibelani (traditional Shangaan (South Africa))

Y

• Yablochko (Russian, folk)
• Yerakina (Greece)
• YMCA
• Yakshagana (India, Karnataka)
• Yowla (rifle dance from (UAE)

Z

• Zapateado (Spain)
• Zeibekiko (also spelled Zeibetiko, Zembetiko, Zebetiko, and Zembekiko; Greece)
• Zeibeks (Turkey)
• Zonaradiko (Thrace)
• Zorba's dance (of Greek origin)
• Zouk (Brazil, Haiti, Guadeloupe, Martinique)
• Zouk-Lambada (Brazil)
• Zumba (Colombia)
• Zydeco (Louisiana, U.S.)